Michaelangelica Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 Around 10% of the population hear voices that aren't there. Some people can live harmoniously with them, but for those whose voices are associated with a psychiatric illness, they can be frightening and menacingly real.SOURCE:http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1688507.htm Quote
Michaelangelica Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 More than 99% of the cells in a healthy human body belong to micro-organisms! For every cell in your body, you support 10 bacterial cells that make vitamins, trigger hormones, and may even influence how fat you are.SOURCE:http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-05/features/are-antibiotics-killing/ Bacteria, make up ten percent of your dry body weight. ... Every single cell in your body contains mitochondria, which are self-replicating "organelles" that at one point were parasitic bacteria.. . . If you could kill every bacteria in your body, you would probably die within a week, definitely within a month.. . . http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=bacteria Don't knowMaybe its the way you look at it? 99% seems high Quote
Jay-qu Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 well like that first quote said - for every 1 cell in your body you have 10 bacterial cells, sure it doesnt count up to 99% in mass because we have such a large amount of water in our bodies, but by pure count it seems about right. Quote
Michaelangelica Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 well like that first quote said - for every 1 cell in your body you have 10 bacterial cells, sure it doesnt count up to 99% in mass because we have such a large amount of water in our bodies, but by pure count it seems about right. So, not only do bacteria own 2/3rds of the worlds life we are hosts for them too! Quote
Boerseun Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Posted August 13, 2006 A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds to 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line! Anybody got chickens at home? Quote
ronthepon Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds to 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line! Anybody got chickens at home?Wha?! I gotta try it out! Quote
Boerseun Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Posted August 13, 2006 You got chickens at home, Ron? You gotta try it and tell us if it works! I've never tried it myself, actually, not having access to farm animals of the feathered kind... Quote
ronthepon Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 nono I don't have chickens... but there are some chicken shops nearby. Quote
Jay-qu Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 dont be cruel.. proffesional science experimentation only :doh: Quote
ronthepon Posted August 14, 2006 Report Posted August 14, 2006 dont be cruel.. proffesional science experimentation only :doh:*snigger* I suppose the will be happier if they would all be... um... brought to the knife after being hypnotised. Quote
Turtle Posted August 14, 2006 Report Posted August 14, 2006 *snigger* I suppose the will be happier if they would all be... um... brought to the knife after being hypnotised. A chicken named Mike was put to the knife, though I can't testify to any hypnosis, he lost his head & survived!~ He lived & toured for years.:doh: http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/ Quote
Michaelangelica Posted August 14, 2006 Report Posted August 14, 2006 A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds to 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line! Anybody got chickens at home?I remember seeing it done when I was a kid.The chicken goes completely limp/catatonic for minutes. Everyone used to have chooks but now noise-pollution laws don't allow for roosters.Chooks are great for getting rid of spiders. Like heat-seeking missiles; they seek 'um out and eat 'um.Most ground spiders in Australia are deadly too(There, a science fact to make up for the discussion) Quote
Turtle Posted August 16, 2006 Report Posted August 16, 2006 Q. With all of the new technology available today, we should be able to know precisely when the first European ships reached the New World. What is the latest news? It was a group of Vikings who made landfall around 900 A.D., right? A. Wrong! It is now confirmed that a Roman ship reached Brazil around the year 19 B.C.! Here is the whole story … http://www.dockwalk.com/issues/2002/february/trivia1.shtml Quote
Boerseun Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Posted August 16, 2006 Very interesting, Turtle! Do you think there'd be a case for renaming Columbus, Ohio, or Columbia, or any of the Columbus-referenced place names to "Julius", or "Ceasar"? :lol: Quote
Michaelangelica Posted August 16, 2006 Report Posted August 16, 2006 Originally Posted by dockwalk.comQ. With all of the new technology available today, we should be able to know precisely when the first European ships reached the New World. What is the latest news? It was a group of Vikings who made landfall around 900 A.D., right? A. Wrong! It is now confirmed that a Roman ship reached Brazil around the year 19 B.C.! Here is the whole story … Come off it mateDon't come the raw prawnWe were there firstSee:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/430944.stm'First Americans were Australian' Quote
Turtle Posted August 16, 2006 Report Posted August 16, 2006 Come off it mateDon't come the raw prawnWe were there firstSee:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/430944.stm'First Americans were Australian' Shhhh! I likes me raw prawns mate! The main point is that it wasn't Columbus or Vikings.:) Your info is highly speculative & rather like the pot calling the kettle black.For example from BBC article:Archaeologists speculate that such an incredible sea voyage, from Australia to Brazil, would not have been undertaken knowingly but by accident. Come on now. Didn't know what they were doing? Roight.:doh: We now return to the regular topic of this thread; this has been a public service announcement.:lol: :shrug: Quote
Turtle Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 70% of the world's volcanoes are under-sea. :cup: Quote
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